The ICO has investigated a record number of cases in 2013, but the watchdog wants more funding and independence to…
Hyperoptic, Sky and Plusnet all receive gongs as the 16th annual ISPA Awards for the Internet industry
Silent Circle 'Out-Circle Calling' claims to make it cheaper and easier to make encrypted international calls to landlines and mobiles
Government wants network operators to continue storing metadata, despite EU court ruling
From 2016, if you don’t have servers in Russia, you won’t be able to do business in Russia
Try our Prize Quiz on privacy, and you could win a VPN subscription to protect your identity online
Seven communications providers say the British intelligence agency is damaging their business
The watchdog is looking into claims that the social network was breaking data protection laws
Initial demand outstrips supply but SGP Technologies promises more will be available from 14 July
Facebook has been criticised for carrying out a psychological experiment on hundreds of thousands of users without their knowledge
The ambitious project aims to challenge the way we look at data privacy and corporate reputation
Germany and Switzerland impress our readers with their privacy laws - but a lot of people vote for "other"
Charles Farr statement reveals how the government could legally intercept people's social network data by separating internal and external comms
Reform measures agreed on Friday are to apply EU data protection laws to non-European companies that do business within the…
Microsoft's Brad Smith outlines five changes the company wants to see from the US government to rein in surveillance
Google inundated with 12,000 requests to remove weblinks after belatedly allowing 'right to be forgotten'
Google offers a form for people seeking to remove search results about themselves
Legislation to curb the snooping activities of the NSA passes US vote, but this result pleases no one
The company is ready to go to great lengths to protect customer data, as long as these customers buy products…
Noob users of Facebook receive a privacy policy change that will limit their first postings to the audience they want…
The company says the money will help bring Blackphone to the masses
PQChat retains minimal user information, auto-deletes messages and is protected even from quantum computing techniques
How do you feel about camera-carrying drones?
Silent Text 2 brings range of improvements to secure messaging app for Silent Circle subscribers
Think about data privacy issues when you cast your vote next week, urges Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open Xchange
According to Privacy International, GCHQ’s intrusive malware operations violate articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights
It looks like users from the EU will be able to edit results which come up when someone searches for…
ICO says the same mistakes are being made again and again
The Met police are to wear body cameras, claiming it should lead to swifter prosecutions as people know they've been…
NSA coordinated meetings with Google and other tech titans on mobile security